Apparatus for manufacturing heating and illuminating gas.



I M. P. WYNNE & S. L. WAGLEY. APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEATING ANDILLUMINATING GAS.

APPLICATION TILED APR.5, 1910.

964,832. Patented July 19,1910.

1m: NORRIS PETERS ca, WASHINGTON, v. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON P. WYNNE AND SAMUEL L. WAGLEY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEATING AND ILLUMINATING GAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MILTON P. WVYNNE and SAMUEL L. WAGLEY, bothcitizens of the United States, residing a Fort Worth, in the county ofTarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating and IlluminatingGas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing heating andilluminating gas, and the object is to provide apparatus for making gaswhich can be furnished to consumers at small cost and which can be usedfor cooking, heating, smelting, illumination, and which can be utilizedwherever a high grade of gas is needed and where intense heat is needed.

Another object is to provide apparatus for making either large or smallquantities of gas, and one of the advantages of this invention is thateither a small plant or a large plant can be established at very smallcost and cheap material for making the gas can be utilized.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the followingdescription and the invention will be more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

The figure of drawing is a vertical section of a casing in which theprocess is accomplished and showing a blower connected with the casing.I

A casing 1, preferably of wood, is provided. This casing must be madeair-tight and the material should be such as will not be attacked by thegases or acids used in the manufacture of gas. A series of compartments2, 3, 4, and 5 are formed in the casing by partitions 6, 7, and 8. Thesecompartments may be increased or diminished in number and size and thecasing may be made larger or smaller. The partitions are made of woodand the partitions are supported on legs 9 of wood. Earthen vessels 10are placed on the partitions and provided with pipes 11 which projectthrough the partitions. The partitions have passages 12 for the gas togo from one compartment to another. These passages 12 alternate from oneside of the easing to the other to compel circulation of gas throughouteach compartment. Wicks 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Serial No. 553,539.

are placed with one end down on the bottom of the vessel 10 and theother end hanging near the supporting partition, The wicks are providedwith supports 14 of wood. These supports hold the wicks up and preventthem from lying fiat. A pipe 15 is connected with the casing 1 forintroducing fumes of gas from a vessel 23 i which is a duplicate of thevessel 2 shown.

The vessel or receptacle 23 is constructed with the same elements asthose shown in vessel 2 so that the two vessels can be used in the samemanner, but ordinarily only metal filings, salt, and acids are placed inthe receptacle 28, and the fuel oil is placed in vessel 2. A pipe 16 isconnected with the casing 1 for introducing oils, such as gasolene andbenzin and naphtha. These oils are received in the vessels 10 and ifmore than one vessel full is supplied, the oils will overflow and passto the next vessel 10 below. A pipe 17 is connected to the casing forinjecting blasts of air and the pipe 17 is provided with a check valve18. Any suitable blower 19 can be used for injecting air into thecasing. A service pipe 20 is provided for carrying away the gas. Thispipe is connected to the casing 1 and the mouth of the pipe is protectedby a shield 21 which is to be made of wood and perforated so that gasWill pass through to the pipe 20. The object of the shield is to preventother matter than gas from entering the pipe 20.

Iron filings 22 are placed in the compartments substantially to theheight shown in the different compartments and also in the vessels 10.More iron filings are inserted than is necessary for use at one time. Itis not necessary that the entire mass of iron filings be treated at onetime with an acid. The extent of such treatment is determined from thepurpose for which the gas is used. It is necessary to have more ironfilings than are in actual use so that it will not be necessary toreplenish so often.

Gas is manufactured as follows: Gasolene is placed in the vessels 10. Itmay be sufficient to place gasolene only in the upper vessel 10. Thewicks 13 will feed the oil to the iron filings or slugs 22. Acids, suchas sulfuric, acetic, muriatic, and phosphoric acids, and salts, such assodium chlorid and potassium chlorid are used for treating metallicfilings or slugs. The metal, salt and acids are mixed and placed in thereceptacles and additional acids and salt may be added as may be needed.The kind of gas, or rather, the purpose for which the gas is to be used,determines the kind of acid to be used. Gas for ordinary lightingpurposes requires less heat in its manufacture than is required in themanufacture of gas which is to be used for heating or smelting. Acidsand salt and such materials as produce rust from iron are introducedinto vessel 23 and produce gas which escapes through the pipe 15. Thesematerials attack the iron filings and produce rust and heat. The oilsare converted into gas and mix with the rust and fumes. Natural air isforced into the casing by means of the blower. Fumes pro duced by acidsand iron filings and salt come in through the pipe 15. The hydrogen thusgenerated is carbureted by means of the vapors of hydrocarbon oil andthe air which is forced into the vessel. The mixture of these variouselements produces a valuable commercial gas which may be used for any ofthe purposes above stated.

This invention contemplates providing metals of suitable characterwhich. are treated with acids for liberating fumes or hydrogen, as abovedescribed. The chemical action of the acids on the metal producesufiicient heat to vaporize the hydrocarbon and the hydrogen combineswith the vaporized hydrocarbons.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. Apparatus comprising a wooden vesselcontaining metal filings or slugs and provision for pouring acids onsaid metal filings or slugs, a second vessel communicating with thefirst named vessel, partitions dividing the second vessel intocompartments, earthen vessels mounted on. said partitions, short pipesprojecting through said earthen vessels and partitions, said partitionshaving openings whereby each compartment has communication with theadjacent compartment, and a service pipe connected with the lowestcompartment.

Apparatus comprising two wooden vessels connected together metal filingsor slugs and acids contained in one of said vessels, the other vesselhaving horizontal partitions partly dividing the vessel intocompartments, earthen vessels mounted on said partition, short pipesprojecting through said earthen vessels and said partitions, metalfilings or slugs placed on said partition, means compartments, earthenvessels placed 011 said partition, provision for pouring hydrocarbonoilin said earthen vessel, short pipes projecting through said earthenvessel and through said partition, metal filings or slugs placed on saidpartitions, provision for pouring acids on said metal filings or slugs,the passages through said partitions alternating from side to side, anda service pipe con nected to the lowest compartment.

at. An apparatus containing two Wooden vessels, a pipe connecting saidvessels, one vessel being placed above the other, the upper vesselcontaining metal filings and acids, the lower vessel having partitionsdividing the same into compartments, metal filings on said partition,earthen vessels mounted on said partitions, short pipes projectingthrough said earthen vessels and partitions, means for forcing air intosaid lower vessel, a service pipe connected to the lowest compartment,and a screen for the mouth of said service pipe.

5. An apparatus containing upper and lower vessels, a pipe connectingthe two vessels, the upper vessel containing acids and metals filings,the lower vessel having horizontal partitions dividing the same intocompartments, earthen vessels placed on said partitions, short pipesprojecting through said earthen vessels, said partitions having passagestherethrough, metal filings placed upon said partitions and in saidearthen vessel, provision for pouring hydrocarbon oils into the upperearthen vessel, Wicks for siphoning oils out of said earthen vessel onthe metal filings, means for forcing air into said lower vessel and aservice pipe connected to the lowest compartment in said lower vessel.

In testimony whereof, We set our hands in the presence of twoWitnesses,- this 19th day of March, 1.910.

MILTON P. WYNNE. SAMUEL L. VVAGLEY. Witnesses J. F. Ivar, MAY W. IVEY.

